Post by Hamish/Hubert/Harris on Mar 15, 2019 19:45:08 GMT -5

The “haul” wasn’t all that big, though it never had to be. It was a bit the Risk/Reward of it all. Mostly it was being Five. Princes even, who’s father thought the world of them, and that they were his legacy; as he did Merida too.

The three missed their family, but also were adaptable, as young kids.

The food around here, and on the carts, was Nine-times-out-of-Ten worth it too! Whatever they chose. It was tried and true Corn Dogs today.

“A little ov’ur...”, Harris whispered. Hubert, on the bottom of the pile of them, scooted a bit. Hamish reached over. A glance showed the man was distracted by a lady currently. Perfect! His tiny hand grabbed two corn dogs and handed them to Harris for safe keeping as he quickly grabbed another three even! Because he could!

Then the tower of Scottish princes came apart and they ran. Fact that there were five corn dogs, and so it was an uneven split, was math that they were not aware of yet and until that debate came up.

For the most part, the three got on well and any fighting would probably be minimal.

"Yea!", Hubert cheered as they rushed along, taking one of the corn dogs Harris held over to him. He bit it, the three looking for their next adventure (though if it was just enjoying the corn dogs that was fine).

Harris spotted it though. He suddenly paused, eyes widening. ”Merida!”. In fact Hubert ran into him because of it. After shaking that off, the other two looked to what had caught their brother's attention.

Honestly it was a miracle the three had gone this long without encountering the Merida of the Meet and Greets; timing had just always been on both’s side. And they were easily distracted.

Dropping their corn dogs, the three all rushed over now, to the side of the line of people, and Hubert cut in front of a girl about their age as they clambered towards their sister (they thought). Of course even without her backing up, they were going to quickly realize their mistake, but currently they were in advancing mode.

Post by Coco Rivera on Mar 15, 2019 19:48:26 GMT -5

These parks she and her parents were stuck in now, on the other side of the barrier, with Miguel and Rosa, were just utterly fascinating! Now that Coco had gotten over her shock and fear, a bit, from her first day, she was able to take it in a bit better.

Of course, she felt being separated from Julio and Victoria right after being reunited, but...as her own experience (coming in close to a year later!) further backed up, perhaps they didn't notice on their end.

Coco hoped so. Only she truly understood what a sensitive soul Julio could be. He put on a good act for everyone else. She supposed there were similarities between him and her papá that she'd still gravitated towards, as it was said girls did, even with so little recalled of him.

Coco was also taking in this time given with Miguel and Rosa as well! They were both so little the last she actually, clearly, recalled being able to share time with them, back before memory loss hit, and before her short time recently before her own passing.

She had taken in fairy-tales as much as any little girl growing up (and a bit in their happy endings helping her hold onto the belief that her own papá would come back some day) and this section she walked through now just so fit their theme! Coco smiled to herself as she walked through, and before a slight commotion caught her attention. The Cast Members hadn't gotten to the dropped corn dogs (or disturbance) but then Coco was all but right behind the three.

"they're not good actors, maybe they should have got older kids?"

"i'm not sure that..."

Those in line chatted.

Something seemed to be going on at one of the princess greets Coco had heard about, and as she walked up, she saw a red headed princess backing away from three similarly red headed boys, she looked sorry even as she tried to explain. Somehow Coco instantly understood, maybe knowing too well the kind of hope they no doubt held, and with what little she'd heard of the parks.

Determined to help, all four, she put on her best grandmother's smile as she walked up, "Well, and what are you three preciosos doing?"

Post by Hamish/Hubert/Harris on Mar 20, 2019 10:11:43 GMT -5

Character Integrity was an ingrained part of any 'Assistant' and Meet-and-Greet-Merida was doing her best at balancing that with all out emotional fairness. "Look, boys, I...I can't stay I...".

"Well, and what are you three preciosos doing?"

Salvation came a bit through the voice. The three turned, the distraction being just enough and other Cast Members coming in to further shut the situation down and the Merida-Meet-and-Greet would have a small wait to it.

The boys' five year old attention had been fully diverted anyway! Oh sure they would return to being disappointed, but for the moment...

"Is' a anafa' skeleton!", Hubert exclaimed. All three slowly walked up, recalling Imelda's hesitancy of them. Not that it had bothered them that much, but...this one just stuck them as one it would be a shame to startle.

"Hi...", Hubert shyly waved, while Harris gave a testing poke to her dress. Just to see if she reacted like the other one had.

Post by Coco Rivera on Mar 25, 2019 21:29:28 GMT -5

Her try worked, and all three turned to her. Coco smiled; their stunned identical blue-eyed gazes were even cuter up close! She would never tell Tío Felipe and Oscar that they had competition in these three for cute pairs (or even threes!), and perhaps couldn’t really say when she hadn't seen pictures of them as boys, such being even rarer than her childhood, but felt they might!

It also worked to give the Cast Members the time they needed. Coco was still all about helping, but also helping these three and just enjoying being around them. They seemed calm enough, even as they walked up and one waved while the other poked her. Coco giggled, bending to pat his head and then bending nearer their level, enjoying again her more free movement.

She’d heard the one’s stunned words at her being another skeleton, albeit in a cutely foreign kid slurred accent. Stating by it that they’d met another.

Coco smiled again. ”Oh...are you three the little Diablos my Mamá mentioned when mentioning kids of the park”.

Mateo de Alva being next door had lead to brief mentions of the Parrs and other kids, and Imelda had half warned her and Papá about these.

Even with having just seen them at trying to mischief make, Coco smiled, and her tone as she asked this was half teasing, as she gave the one to have poked at her dress, Harris, a tickle. Giving a glance to the line, and people deciding if they would wait out the wait time, with some leaving, Coco figured both for the Cast Member's sake, and guests, maybe she should shuffle the three adorable triplets along.

Again, she was used to twins, what with her uncles and Benny and Manny, but three was just so cute!

"Well, I think I'll take the risk; how would you three like some helado, on me? Come on then!", she held out a hand each side, but let them figure how they would take them, "And I'm Coco by the way", she gave them her first name to go off of.

Post by Hamish/Hubert/Harris on Mar 31, 2019 19:00:40 GMT -5

This skeleton didn't have a bad reaction to their pokes and, well, they wouldn't have expected her to mind the wave. Granted they were being much easier on her than they had been on the other. Her mother, apparently, as her words proved. Mama was pretty universal, whatever inflection was put to it and even if they themselves said Mum like their sister. Or Ma'am when in trouble, which was a lot of times.

None of them knew what a Diablo was, but...they got the idea and all three grinned between each-other.

"Yea", Hamish didn't even try to disguise the fact that they'd been trouble.

"But she was bein' no fun! Makin' us clean up", Hubert added in slight defense, before all three looked eager once more at the mention of what sounded like a treat.

"Wha's 'Eledo'?", Harris still asked curiously, and for all three, even as Hamish took her right hand, Hubert the left and Harris just took Hubert's.

"'amish""'ubert""'arris"

They rattled off their own names, their own dialect cutting the H also.

Post by Coco Rivera on Apr 6, 2019 8:13:26 GMT -5

Coco couldn't help another small giggle as the one, possibly the oldest of the set, readily enough agreed to the fact that they had been trouble! Because Mamá had been "being no fun", they defended. Coco smiled again, the three were just too cute!

Of course it was her job to take Mamá's side, and remind them that they should behave, and do as she asked; but Coco hadn't always excelled at that herself, and had had her own rebellious streak, on the issue of dancing and Papá's memory; and more to the point, the issue was long dealt with, and to get five-year-olds to return to it and analyze their behavior was asking too much.

Coco was much more interested in answering their adorable question on what 'Eledo' was.

"Ice cream", she answered, they had to know of that by now, if they'd been here any amount of time, and even with how ancient they looked like they originated from. Papá had been right, it was sort of like being back in the Land of the Dead, for all the various times and places all put together.

They found a stall quickly enough, and Coco ordered three adorable Mickey Ice Cream Bars for the adorable princes, handing them over and then letting the boy walk beside her (but keeping an eye to make sure they did) as they were now too preoccupied to hold her hand, and as she aimed them all over towards a bench to sit. "So, you three really have no one here to watch you?", she couldn't help checking and asking.

Post by Hamish/Hubert/Harris on Apr 17, 2019 8:18:17 GMT -5

Helado just sounded like a treat, the way this skeleton, Miss Coco, said it as well, still all three pairs of blue eyes widened with her answer.

"Oh yea'! We like ice cream!", Hubert said enthusiastically, though there was hardly a treat, frozen or fried or otherwise, around the parks they didn't like, and as long as it wasn't that place that was supposed to look like home (but was still too modern) trying to sell Haggis! The boys weren't sure if they got the recipe right, because they never tried either!

Miss Coco bought them three of the familiar (by now) shaped ice cream bars with chocolate over them, and the three munched in happily, figuring their little smiles and nods did for thanks.

This skeleton was way better than the other one!

They followed her over to the bench, and hopped up as much as they could. Of course even with how much better Miss Coco was than the other one, she had to ask the same question all adults seemed to get stuck on.

"So, you three really have no one here to watch you?"

After only a small glance of suspicion between them, Hamish answered, "Na' our sister was here, forever agu', but she wen' home". To their recollecting, this time, and not knowing about their other time, their parents had never made an appearance.

Post by Coco Rivera on Apr 29, 2019 10:14:06 GMT -5

"Oh yea'! We like ice cream!"

Coco laughed, she hadn't thought there was much risk of their not. They followed her very well enough over to the bench, despite all the warnings Mamá had given about them, but still, Coco caught that independent streak that was the root of any problem with obeying. Even she'd held some of it. Though these three seemed to have enough between them!

"Na' our sister was here, forever agu', but she wen' home"

Coco was not fooled by the nonchalant way it was said. Or the other one's next statement (Hubert had it been? Coco was good enough with keeping Benny and Manny apart and then there had been her twin tíos)

"But we're Inder-penden'!"

Coco held in her giggle at their cute accent and statements. "Oh I'm sure you are", she assured, and couldn't help sounding like a grandmother as she said it, but tried to not patronize. And also tried to not be too blunt as she went on, brushing aside one (Harris?) of their red-headed curls, "Still...it's sort of unfair you have to be...", she sort of pried for agreeing. Gently again.

Post by Hamish/Hubert/Harris on May 14, 2019 20:55:02 GMT -5

The reassurance didn’t really come off that way, and raised the three’s suspicions a bit. Miss Coco had seemed so nice before, but now sounded a bit like the other adults.

Hamish just slightly narrowed his eyes, the most suspicious, while Hubert and Harris glanced to each-other.

"Still...it's sort of unfair you have to be..."

Since she glanced to him, and ran a hand through his curls, Harris (who didn't know she even guessed out which one he was correctly) spoke for all three. ”Maba'”, he shrugged, "Bu' it's u'k", he smiled to Miss Coco again, just assuring, and not really too defensive; for the moment.

"Yea' we've been here...", Hubert went to add in the amount of years, but paused as he realized he didn't exactly know them. They started to run together, but a few. Two? "More than a whole year", he settled on. And they thought that whole year was without Merida too. Maybe.

They all just watched Miss Coco for her reaction to this to tell how much trouble she intended.

Toad: Dash: I'm sure we can arrange it so the Parrs's stay in Toad Hall is only temporary. I guess I'll start that other thread to show you what's up with the place. It's only me RPing with my own characters.May 6, 2019 15:21:41 GMT -5